oscarwild
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Right my mare dropped weight in December and I have been struggling to get it back on and wondered if you had any ideas on what to try.
A little history that might help. She has been off ill since July with many issues. It started off with swelling in her throat which may have been caused by her allergies. She had a allergy test at the same time as the swelling and bloods taken. Allergies were 5 out of 6 types of grasses, outdoor allergens were barley, wheat, rye, oats and maize. A couple trees and couple weeds. She also allergic to certain feeds, soya bean, linseed, cold fish oil and couple other things I cant quite remember of the top of my head. haha. The bloods came back to say she had tied up and also her liver enzymes were high. The muscle enzymes returned to normal and liver enzymes went down and came back up. She had a liver biopsy and it showed the liver was ok. In Nov/Dec time she was scoped for snot/mucus. It comes out the left nostril and she can cough it up in large sums. We have no explaination yet for what causing it.
She is back in work but we are struggling to build muscle up and we cant get any weight on at all. she looks ribby and her bum is a little sunken in from the spine. Would condition score her at a moderate at the most. Will get pics and put up tomorrow.
During her liver issue etc vet advised she was put on barley and speedibeet (handful of each to get foot supplement in and adjust when working) She was doing well on this but Dec time dropped weight. Her feed was upped from 1 feed of 150g barley and 100g speedibeet to same quantities twice a day. She put no weight on so was upped to 200g speedibeet and 250g barley twice a day. Still not put on much weight and wont go any further. She is also in work and working correctly but no gaining muscle either.
She is out 9-5 during the day and in at night and eats 1 and half haynets a night a quarter net for breakfast and if you giver her more she leaves it. Can get weights tomorrow if helpful.
What would you guys do. As its hard to find anything she can eat due to allergies and need to do something. Have left a message with vet to contact me back too.
Well done to you all that have go that far. Wine and chocolate for all.
A little history that might help. She has been off ill since July with many issues. It started off with swelling in her throat which may have been caused by her allergies. She had a allergy test at the same time as the swelling and bloods taken. Allergies were 5 out of 6 types of grasses, outdoor allergens were barley, wheat, rye, oats and maize. A couple trees and couple weeds. She also allergic to certain feeds, soya bean, linseed, cold fish oil and couple other things I cant quite remember of the top of my head. haha. The bloods came back to say she had tied up and also her liver enzymes were high. The muscle enzymes returned to normal and liver enzymes went down and came back up. She had a liver biopsy and it showed the liver was ok. In Nov/Dec time she was scoped for snot/mucus. It comes out the left nostril and she can cough it up in large sums. We have no explaination yet for what causing it.
She is back in work but we are struggling to build muscle up and we cant get any weight on at all. she looks ribby and her bum is a little sunken in from the spine. Would condition score her at a moderate at the most. Will get pics and put up tomorrow.
During her liver issue etc vet advised she was put on barley and speedibeet (handful of each to get foot supplement in and adjust when working) She was doing well on this but Dec time dropped weight. Her feed was upped from 1 feed of 150g barley and 100g speedibeet to same quantities twice a day. She put no weight on so was upped to 200g speedibeet and 250g barley twice a day. Still not put on much weight and wont go any further. She is also in work and working correctly but no gaining muscle either.
She is out 9-5 during the day and in at night and eats 1 and half haynets a night a quarter net for breakfast and if you giver her more she leaves it. Can get weights tomorrow if helpful.
What would you guys do. As its hard to find anything she can eat due to allergies and need to do something. Have left a message with vet to contact me back too.
Well done to you all that have go that far. Wine and chocolate for all.
